FRANCE – IRON MINE
July 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
USINOR subsidiary and inactive iron ore mine company Lormines has failed to summon protection from the European Commission against "discriminatory" charges by the French government for future safety works at its closed Lorraine iron ore mines. The Commission said civil liability and safety are a national concern and the European Court of Justice has now refused to intervene. Lormines was voluntarily liquidated in 2000.
USINOR subsidiary and inactive iron ore mine company Lormines has failed to summon protection from the European Commission against "discriminatory" charges by the French government for future safety works at its closed Lorraine iron ore mines. The Commission said civil liability and safety are a national concern and the European Court of Justice has now refused to intervene. Lormines was voluntarily liquidated in 2000.
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